The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2005
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
9:01 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.79° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.03° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.